Real-time Laravel with Socket.io
When we want to broadcast events on our server to the client, how exactly do we do that? Well, there's a number of ways to tackle it, including using a dedicated service like Pusher. However, in this mini-series, we'll wire everything up on our own, while leveraging Node, Redis, and Socket.io. Sound fun?
Series episodes
Hello Socket.io
14m 7sBuild a basic chat app with Socket.io—learn to emit and listen for events in this friendly intro before diving into Laravel integration!
Laravel and Redis
8m 4sLearn how to activate Laravel’s built-in Redis support to publish events and catch them from your Node server—boost your app’s real-time capabilities!
Node, Redis, and Socket.io
12m 26sSet up a Redis client in Node to catch Laravel events and use Socket.io to notify clients in real-time—build seamless, interactive apps with ease!
Broadcasting With Redis
6m 17sLearn how to broadcast events with Laravel Redis—create event classes that trigger real-time client updates effortlessly in Laravel 5.1 and beyond!
